The mystical realms of Fairy tales, leading us to an imaginary world of fantasy, never cease to fascinate or cast a magical spell. Filled with Fairies, Elves, Talking Animals, Wicked Stepmothers, Bad Witches, Fairy Godmothers, Princes And Damsels in distress, reflecting the challenges of the day to today lives, these enchanting characters, from the dark and deep woods, are for most part, damsels (deeply in distress of course!). The young Princes, saving these distressed damsels fall profoundly in love at first sight and end up marrying them, breaking all traditional norms of Royalty– as in the case of Cinderella, and Snow White– to name a few. For ages, although, monarchies have had an unwritten law about marriages between Royalties in line of succession, to choose a spouse of equal stature, there were few who, despite the established law, broke all conventions and traditions, to marry 'out of royal' commoners. Let us closely peek at ten of the most romantic royal pairs, destined to be part of monarchs, with their alluring passionate real-life fairy tale weddings.

10.Prince William and Kate Middleton of Great Britain (2011)

The most popular of all Royal couples, Prince Williams and Kate Middleton's wedding took place with a lot of gaiety and fanfare witnessed live by millions across the globe. The Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine Elizabeth Middleton was born on January 9th 1982 at Reading, England. Born in a middle class family, her parents were running a mail order company, selling party decoration and supplies. The eldest of three daughters, Kate Middleton and Prince William while pursuing History of Art, met at Scotland's, University of St Andrews, in Fife, in the year 2001. After almost a decade's long wait, she married Prince William, second in line to the British throne, on April 29, 2011 at Westminster Abbey to become Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. They have a son, Prince George of Cambridge born on July 22nd 2013. Kate, nevertheless, with her simple elegance and grace won the heart and admiration of million women in the world, for being one of Britain's best-dressed celebrities.

9.Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling (2010)

Princess Victoria of Sweden was the eldest daughter of Queen Silvia and King Carl XVI Gustaf. Born in Stockholm, Sweden on July 14, 1977, before her birth, the Swedish law ordained that the eldest male, born to the royal couple, would inherit the throne. However, in 1979, this enforcement changed, when the Swedish parliament voted for acquisition of succession rights for the eldest child, irrespective of gender. Thus, Princess Victoria became heir to the Swedish throne, and in 2001, fell for Daniel Westling, her personal trainer. Daniel Westling had his upbringing in a village, situated at central Sweden called Ockelbo. Born to working parents he went to 'Prince School' to train himself on the etiquette and behavior of the royals. They were married on June 19, 2010 and have one daughter.

8.Prince Felipe and Letizia Ortiz of Spain (2004)

Prince Felipe, the third child of Queen Sofía and King Juan Carlos, was born on January 30, 1968, in Madrid, Spain. However, Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano was born at Oviedo, Spain on September 15, 1972. She earlier had a civil marriage with Alonso Guerrero in 1998 and a year later divorced him. The royal couple met on November 2002, with the sinking of the Prestige oil tanker. As a news reporter and journalist, Letizia's presence was required at the place, where she met the Prince, who had visited the accident-hit place to assess the damages. Shortly afterwards, the Prince and the journalist started dating each other, albeit secretly, and on November 6th, they were officially engaged. Their marriage was conducted in Madrid, Spain on May 22, 2004 at the Nuestra Senora de la Almudena Cathedral. The two have two beautiful young girls.

7.Mohammed and Lalla Salma of Morocco (2002)

Another commoner who married into royalty (Arab) was Lalla Salma. Born On May10, 1978, in Fez, she lost her mother, while she was three years old. Her father was a schoolteacher from Fez, and her maternal grandmother raised her. A Computer Engineering graduate, she was working for ONA Group, a company managing a sizable share of the king's assets. In the year 1999, she met King Mohammed VI at a party and according to royal gossip; it was love at first sight for the king. Nevertheless, for accepting the king's proposal, Lalla Salma laid set laws, prior courtship, insisting on a monogamous marriage alliance. Thus on July 13 2002, they were married in Rabat, Morocco. For ages, the kings of Morocco had kept their brides and wives hidden. Nonetheless, the first to break conventional norms was King Mohammed VI who officially announced his engagement to Lalla Salma in 2001 and acknowledged her presence at the public celebrations held as part of their wedding ceremony. The popular Queen is an activist against cancer with various awards to her credit and the royal couple have two children.

6.Henri and Maria Teresa of Luxembourg (2000)

Maria Teresa Mestre, a Spanish bourgeoisie descendent without titles, met Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Prince Henri, during her university days, at Geneva, where she was pursuing a degree in Political Science. They were married in 1981 despite a lot of opposition from Prince Henri's mother, Josephine Charlotte, the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, regarding Maria Teresa's status of being a mere commoner. Nonetheless, in the year 2000, Maria Teresa became the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg when Prince Henri became the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, succeeding his father, Grand Duke, Jean. They have five children with Maria Teresa committing herself to humanitarian causes and social issues through several organizations.

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